On April 1, 2009, Moye 5th grader Gisel Fregoso traveled on an airplane for the very first time in her life. She flew to Houston, Texas with her mother, where she spent the night in a hotel, another first, then represented District 6 and H.R. Moye Elementary the next day as one of ten student representatives chosen to attend the Bluebonnet Award luncheon.Gisel and the nine other student representatives enjoyed a special breakfast with the 2009 Bluebonnet Award winning author and illustrator, Cynthia DeFelice and Andrea U'Ren. Following breakfast, the children, Ms. DeFelice and Ms. Uren posed for pictures and then each child was given a backpack full of goodies, including a copy of the winning Bluebonnet book, One Potato, Two Potato to have autographed.
At the luncheon, Gisel was the belle of ball, sitting at table 6, among District 6 TLA representatives, members of the Bluebonnet selection committee, her mother and ME! She and the other children introduced themselves and the winning author and illustrator to an audience of more than 1000 TLA members. After lunch, Gisel toured the exhibit hall and received several gifts of books, bookmarks and posters from many of the publishers. Gisel returned home with the experience of her young life. It was a whirlwind, 24 hours adventure for Gisel, who represented H.R. Moye so well.
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